Jesse Jackson calls on big tech to redouble diversity efforts — and figure out what's not working
SAN FRANCISCO — Four years after pledging to change the face of technology, the industry is still struggling with too much discrimination and too little diversity. Now civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is calling on companies to redouble efforts to include more women, African Americans and Hispanics and release better information on the progress they are making.
"It's time to take stock of what has been done; what has worked and what hasn't," Jackson wrote in a letter to Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and other major companies obtained exclusively by USA TODAY.
The letter, which requests a number of new pieces of information from tech companies, was also signed by five groups advocating for greater diversity in tech, including the Kapor Center and the Greenlining Institute.
"Companies must set specific, quantifiable diversity and inclusion goals, targets and timetables," Jackson wrote. "Without them, the ability to measure and be accountable for progress will be difficult.
